News archive 1999

December 14, 1999:
Virgin Germany have confirmed the artists to be featured on the new Enigma
album: Elisabeth Houghton, Sandra, Ruth-Ann, Andru Donalds and Michael Cretu.
There will also be an "official web site" for the new album in
January, which will be interactive similar to the one for the previous album.
Finally, there won't be any interviews by Michael Cretu for the new album.
(From Martyn Woolley,
webmaster@enigmamusic.com)

November 30, 1999:
In Italy, The Screen Behind
The Mirror will be released in a digipak edition as well as in a regular
jewel case edition. This should apply to releases in other countries as
well.
(From Stefano Trentadue, steftredue@tin.it)

November 21, 1999:
Virgin have now an "official" track list for the new album, which
has a couple of minor changes from the one revealed
earlier. Among these are the fact that the last two songs have switched
places, and that the album now has a title track. Additionally, the album
has now been completed and delivered to the record company.
(From Martyn Woolley,
webmaster@enigmamusic.com)

November 9, 1999:
The web site of Toshiba-EMI, Enigma's record company in Japan, has some news:
The video for Gravity Of Love
has just been shot, in Vienna, Austria. It has an atmosphere of SM/bondage
fashion, with a setting of end-of-the-century in Europe. The track listing of
the new album, The Screen
Behind The Mirror, is also revealed:

The Gate

Push The Limits

Gravity Of Love

Smell Of Desire

Modern Crusaders

Endless Quest

The Experience

Camera Obscura

Without Title

Silence Must Be Heard

Between Mind & Heart

The album is listed for release in Japan on January 13, 2000.
(From Kunihiro Shinjyo, sppt@mxd.mesh.ne.jp)

November 3, 1999:
Fast approaching the release of the new Enigma single, a
review is now available,
featuring an excerpt of the song.

October 31, 1999:
The Gravity Of Love single
will be in released in the following formats: 3 track jewel case, 2 track
jewel or pouch, and mini cassette. The album has not yet been completed and
is still in production. Jens Gad appears on the album as engineer and
performer.
(From Martyn Woolley,
webmaster@enigmamusic.com)

October 30, 1999:
Virgin Japan reports that a large-scale dress ball will be held in Berlin in
January 2000. The artwork of the album will see a picture of a woman with a
mask, with the atmosphere of the ball.
(From Kunihiro Shinjyo, sppt@mxd.mesh.ne.jp)

The master has arrived to Virgin, and the single is thus ready for
production. The artwork for the single and album has again been done by
Johann Zambryski.
(From Martyn Woolley,
webmaster@enigmamusic.com)

October 11, 1999:
Virgin Germany and Enigma's manager both confirm that the title of the fourth
Enigma album is indeed
The Screen Behind The
Mirror. The album is still planned for release in January 2000,
probably in the latter half of that month. Andru Donalds and Ruth-Ann Boyle
will be featured, though Donna Lewis' appearance has not been confirmed.

October 8, 1999:
A Canadian online record store has a listing for an Enigma record titled
"The Screen Behind The Mirror" and with a release date of
January 2000, suggesting that this in fact is the name of the fourth Enigma
album.
(From Maria, mgtulips2@yahoo.com)

September 24, 1999:
Virgin Music Italy reports that the first single from the upcoming fourth
Enigma album will be called
Gravity Of
Love. A release date of November 15 has been mentioned, but
this is very tentative and may change.
(From Stefano Trentadue, steftredue@tin.it)

August 9, 1999:
Virgin Germany have set the fourth Enigma album up for a release in
January 2000. A reason for this small delay is unknown, with the album
still being "in production".
(From Martyn Woolley,
webmaster@enigmamusic.com)

August 5, 1999:
The new Andru Donalds single will have the following track listing:

Radio Edit

Deep Cutz Club Mix

Summer Breeze Club Mix

Eivissa Dub Vocal Mix

Pop 2 Pop Mix

Deep Cutz Radio Edit

Summer Breeze Radio Edit

The release date of August 23 is still tentative.
(From Martyn Woolley,
webmaster@enigmamusic.com)

August 4, 1999:
A new single by Andru Donalds is scheduled for release in Germany on
August 23. The song featured is
Simple
Obsession, and the single will have a catalogue number of
7243 896223 24-558.
(From Martyn Woolley,
webmaster@enigmamusic.com)

July 16, 1999:
On July 26, Enigma's first album MCMXC a.D. will be released
as part of a Virgin "More Music" campaign in Europe. The album will
be a special release, consisting of the original, regular album with a bonus
CD featuring the remixes from the Sadeness and Mea
Culpa singles. More specifically, the six remixes will be Meditation
Mix, Extended Trance Mix and Violent US Remix of Sadeness, and
Fading Shades Mix, Orthodox Version and Catholic Version of Mea
Culpa.
(From Martyn Woolley,
webmaster@enigmamusic.com)

June 14, 1999: Andru Donalds, whose new album Michael Cretu has produced,
reveals in an interview that he will appear on the fourth Enigma album.
(From Martyn Woolley,
webmaster@enigmamusic.com / Thomas Henz, ThomasHenz@gmx.de)

May 14, 1999:
Andru Donalds will be making a 3 week tour of Germany, Austria and
Switzerland to promote the new album and single, starting next week.
(From Martyn Woolley,
webmaster@enigmamusic.com)

April 19, 1999:
The Andru Donalds album Snowing Under My Skin will have
original songs written by Andru Donalds, Michael Cretu and Jens Gad.
(From Martyn Woolley,
webmaster@enigmamusic.com)

April 14, 1999:
Andru Donalds' Snowing Under My Skin album now has a release
date of May 25, 1999.
(From Martyn Woolley,
webmaster@enigmamusic.com)

April 13, 1999:
The release date for the upcoming Andru Donalds album Snowing Under My
Skin has been moved from April 19, 1999 to the beginning of May
1999.
(From Stefano Trentadue, steftredue@tin.it)

March 29, 1999:
Andru Donalds will be released in other countries than Germany, including
USA, later this year.
(From Martyn Woolley,
webmaster@enigmamusic.com)

March 22, 1999:
The first single from Andru Donalds' album Snowing Under My
Skin, produced by Michael Cretu, is released:
All Out Of
Love, a cover of a song originally done by the Australian group
Air Supply in 1980.

March 8, 1999:
The catalogue number for the Andru Donalds single All Out Of Love
will be 895 731 2. The video for the single was shot in Almerķa, Spain in
December 1998, with Michael Cretu present for the 3 day shoot.
(From Martyn Woolley,
webmaster@enigmamusic.com)

March 1, 1999:
The single All Out Of Love by Andru Donalds, produced by
Michael Cretu, will be released on March 22, 1999. Donalds appeared on German
TV on February 27 singing the song.
(From Martyn Woolley,
webmaster@enigmamusic.com)

January 13, 1999:
Another possible collaborator for the next Enigma album has surfaced:
Max Fadeev, a Russian singer and composer. He and Michael Cretu are
said to have made some tracks for the upcoming album.
(From Ivan Proskurin, rumi@nlpub.freenet.kg)

January 10, 1999:
Earlier it has been reported that
"international artists" are involved in the making of the next
Enigma album. It now seems that
Donna
Lewis may be one of these. She will work with Cretu on the album and
be featured on it, she has said to fans.

Prior to the release of the previous Enigma album, there were talks of
outside collaborations, and Maria McKee
said in an interview that she had been asked to contribute (as had Jon
Anderson, apparently). These didn't come to fruition then.

Since three Enigma albums have been completed, and a box set released to
sum up this, Cretu may have planned a change of direction for the next
album. The third album was said to be the child of the two first, so
this may be natural.
(From Aaron Alper, jalper@ix.netcom.com /
Joar Grimstvedt, joarg@hsr.no)